Home-Based Caregiver (Live-In) – Entry Level

Here you help people wash, eat, move and heal, at a physical rehabilitation hospital in Vanderbijlpark. People who do well here are steady, honest and not scared to ask when something is unclear.

Location: Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first. Weekend work is on a roster, so you won't be on every weekend.

• Hand out oral medication under the supervision of a registered nurse
• Make beds, change linen and keep the rooms clean and uncluttered
• Turn bed-bound patients on schedule and check pressure areas for early sores
• Take and chart temperature, pulse, blood pressure and blood glucose
• Spot confusion, falls risk or changes in mood and tell the nurse in charge
• Help patients walk, transfer from bed to chair and do their exercises
• Do simple wound dressings and report anything that looks infected

• Patient and gentle with elderly, frail or confused people
• Physically strong enough to lift and move patients safely
• SANC enrolment as an Enrolled Nurse or Enrolled Nursing Auxiliary for nursing posts
• At least 1 year of hands-on patient care
• First aid Level 1 or BLS certificate
• Able to work shifts, including nights and weekends

• Code B or Code 8 driver's licence for home visits
• Dementia care or palliative care short course

• Paid training in dementia and end-of-life care
• Meals provided on shift at many frail care centres
• Uniform supplied

• If you're a caregiver, attach the certificate from the training provider, not just a letter saying you attended.
• Name the type of patients you've cared for, such as stroke patients or dementia residents, in your first CV line.